Storage Tiering : The Right Storage for the Right Data
Not all data is created equal. Some types of data such as databases, financial data, and online records are transactional in nature - meaning they change or are updated frequently. A majority of data however, is not transactional, but is data that is written once and read infrequently (persistent data). These two classes of data require different storage approaches. Transactional data requires high performance, disk-based storage. For persistent data, previously, the only option was tape which, while relatively inexpensive, was a pain to manage and unreliable for backups and restores.
COPAN Systems' persistent data storage solution is purpose-built to store all persistent data in enterprise data centers (estimated to be ~80%). This solution provides the best of both worlds - the reliability, easy management, and quick data access of disk - all at the cost of tape. Additionally you get all the advantages of Enterprise MAID - unprecedented scalability, reliability, efficiency and Enterprise-class Data Deduplication. COPAN Systems allows you to keep persistent data online at a fraction of the operating costs of transactional storage with more reliability and performance than offline media. Keeping data online enables it to be repurposed for increased business value.
The vast amount of file based persistent data (write once, read infrequently) residing in today's enterprise class businesses, is either kept online - burdening and consuming expensive transactional storage, or archived offline - minimizing the business value of that information. Although storage tiering solutions are not new to data management, they have not been broadly adopted due to the limited storage tiering options that provide no distinct economic or performance advantages…until now.
COPAN Systems storage tiering solutions allow enterprises to realize significant capital expenditure savings by automatically moving persistent data off of expensive storage resources to lower cost storage alternatives. Coupled with COPAN Systems' deduplication technology, backup and recovery windows are greatly reduced, as well as overall and backup infrastructure costs (WAN costs) by reducing the amount of redundant data backed up on a regular basis.
COPAN Systems' Enterprise MAID solution is purpose-built for persistent data. Persistent data can now be kept online at a fraction of the operating costs of transactional storage with more reliability and performance than offline media. Keeping data online enables it to be repurposed for increased business value while saving up to 75% annually on power & cooling costs in the data center over traditional disk based solutions.
By migrating persistent data to an active online tier, your company can easily leverage your valuable data assets in the future. Imagine, no more lost or corrupted tape media, not to mention how expensive and laborious tape media is to manage.
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